Oral history.; Judge Robin Alfred Midcalf was born November 13, 1961 and grew up in Harrison County. Judge Midcalf married a man who became an abusive husband and at eighteen she divorced, becoming a single parent. She worked to put herself...

Oral history.; Viola Brown Sanders was born in Sidon, Mississippi, on February 21, 1921. After Miss Sanders finished her education, she taught school for two years in Glen Allan, Mississippi. In 1943, Miss Sanders joined the United States Navy...

Photograph of Ray "Two-Bits" Crawford at a football game. Crawford is a 1966 graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi who began leading the crowds at football games in the "two-bits" cheer. Photograph also found in the 1988 Southerner...

Photograph of students at a pep rally in front of the Student Services Building, later named Kennard-Washington Hall. Fraternity and sorority groups are on the building steps, and cheerleaders engage the crowd. Photograph featured in the 1962...

Photograph of Southern Mississippi cheerleaders with the Liberty Bell, a symbol of the rivalry with Tulane University (Battle for the Bell). Featured in the USM Alumni News, vol. 53, no. 1 (Summer 1999) on page 18.

Photograph of an article in the July 28, 1993, edition of Student Printz with headline: "Lucas: Nugget starved." President Aubrey Lucas delivers the news that the golden eagle mascot, Nugget, died of malnutrition, not lead poisoning.